Polistes (Aphanilopterus) brevifissus Richards, 1978

Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre, 2024, The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 509-545 : 513

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) brevifissus Richards, 1978

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Polistes brevifissus Richards, 1978: 468 (key), 481, ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis. Female. Body and wing pigmentation reddish to brown. Size intermediate, about 20 mm in total length. Clypeus slightly wider than long or as long as wide, covered by long bristles, and with medium-sized deep punctures, present only in the apical region, apex rounded, clypeus-eye touching for an extent smaller than width of antennal socket; gena width at midlength equal to or slightly wider than eye; occipital carina strong; humeri not projecting; mesepisternum with short and dense bristles, with small and shallow punctation; propodeal concavity widely extended in the center, propodeal striae strong in the center and weak on the sides; tergum I longer than wide, with short and dense bristles, punctures strong, medium sized, and deep; tergum II wider than or as wide as long, short, and dense bristles, with corrugation. Male. Similar to the females, except for the face lighter than the body, propodeum totally black, terga with black apical bands.

Material examined. 14♀, 1♂ in total. Brazil: Mato Grosso , 2♀ ( NHM) , 2♀ ( MZSP); Pará , 1♀ [Paratype] ( NHM) , 4♀ ( NHM); Paraná , 1♂ ( AMNH); Rio Grande do Sul , 1♀ ( AMNH) , 4♀ ( NHM) .

Distribution. Brazil: Amapá, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, São Paulo; Paraguay; Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Polistes spp. 1, 2. P. (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus de Saussure. 3, 4. P. (A.) biguttatus Haliday. 5, 6. P. (A.) binotatus de Saussure. 7, 8. P. (A.) brevifissus Richards. 1, 3, 5, 7. Dorsal view. 2, 4, 6, 8. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.